Dhaka, Nov. 15 -- A tourist has gone missing after reportedly going down to bathe at the Nafakhum waterfall, a restricted and remote tourist spot in Thanchi Upazila of Bandarban, according to police.

The incident occurred on Friday afternoon, according to Thanchi Police Station chief Nasir Uddin. The missing man, Iqbal Hossain, 24, was a resident of Demra in Dhaka.

According to Mamun Rashid, general secretary of the Thanchi Guide Association, Iqbal was part of a 17-member group from Demra. The group neither took the mandatory travel permission nor registered themselves at the tourist information centre before heading to Nafakhum.

Police said, as the area has no mobile network coverage, the group was unable to inform authorities immedia...